2016 New Jersey Primary

Updated June 8 at EDTThe 2016 New Jersey Primary is held on Tuesday, June 7. I’ll be updating the results here on election night as the returns come in. On this page, you’ll also find information on how on many delegates are at stake and how each party awards them.

Primary Type
The Democratic primary is open to all registered Democrats and non-affiliated voters. The Republican primary is open to all registered Republicans and non-affiliated voters. However, the partisan affiliation for non-affiliated voters is changed to the party in whose primary they vote.

Delegate Award MethodologyDemocrats
Pledged delegates (126) are awarded proportionally based on statewide and district level vote totals. A 15% threshold is in place for all delegates. This means that a candidate must win at least 15% of the vote in a district or statewide election to be eligible for any delegates. New Jersey is also allocated 16 superdelegates which are not pledged based on the primary outcome.

Republicans
All New Jersey GOP delegates (51) are awarded to the winner of the statewide Republican primary vote.